Feed-box.



PATBNTED 001. 18, 1904. d W- G- FEED BOX.

APPLIOATION nun) APR. 30, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

' I W!TNESSES:

A TTOHN E liable to be called out at any time.

tain placesas, for example, fire-engine UNITED STATES Patented October 18, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FEED-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters PatentNo. 772,713, dated October 18, 1904.

Application filed A rnjso, 1904.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, WILLI M GODFREY HAAs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city-of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented a new; and Improved Feed-Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to feed-boxes for horses and other animals, and while capable of general use it is especially adapted for use in fire-stations for feeding horses which are In cerhousesthe horse is liableto be suddenly called out while feeding, and if the feed is placed on' the floor, as is generally the case, it will be disturbed, and when the horse returns it is likely to be tramped on and rendered unfit for use. It has been proposed to provide portable feed-boxes which have to be carried out when the alarm is sounded and which require considerable labor to keep clean and to keep in the required place. These portable feed-boxes are also objectionable on account of cost and for many other reasons.

It is the principal object of my invention to'do away with the use of SLICllbOXQS and also to do away with the necessity of putting the feed on the floor.

While especially adapted for use in fire-' engine houses, the device may be used in other stables and will have great value when used in any kind of a stable from which the horses are likely to be suddenly called.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective .view showing a preferred form of my device open and ready for feeding. Fig. 2'is a central vertical section thereof, on an enlarged scale,- showing the device in closed position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line4= 4: of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, a represents a hollow shell which is capable of being set into a wall Serial No. 205,848. (No model.)

' and is secured thereto by any desired means.

Thewall of course is intended to be cut out at the point at which the shell is to. be placed. 6 is the feed-box proper. It is provided with a flange 5 upon its upper surface for the purpose of retaining the feed in position both when it is closed and when itis open. It is also provided with a projection 6 extending downwardly or-to one side. This projection is pivoted to the shell a by means of bolts '0 or the like at the bottom thereof, and the projection b is preferably provided with one or more rubber projections 6 which are adapted to rest on the ledge a formed at the bottom of the shell a, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, when the box is open.

-d is a lock,.preferably set into the wall above the shell a. The lock is provided with a bolt cl, which has a hole d for the purpose of inserting a nail or any small instrument to operate the bolt. The bolt is provided with a spring d for keeping it in locked position when no external force is employed. and with-a stop cl. The box 6 is provided .With a slot 6* for receiving the end of the bolt. The use and. advantages of my invention will be clearly obvious from the above description. The device may be cheaply made of cast-iron, or the shell, if desired, may be stamped out of wrought-iron. The box may be easily turned down to the position shown in Fig. 1 for feeding, and if the horse is called out the box may be swung back to the position shown in Fig. 2, when it will automatic ally be locked in position by the operation of. the spring (i and the feed will be held in the box by the flange b at the bottom of the box. When it is desired to feed the horse again, the box may be readily swung down to feeding position, and the part of the meal not before eaten will be ready for the horse.

WVhile I have illustrated and described a particular embodiment of my invention, it will be obvious that many modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim. as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A feed-box comprising a hollow shell,

and an open-top box pivoted thereto, said box In testimony \vhereofIhave signed my name having an inwardly extending flange upon to this specification in the presence of two sub- 10 its inner or open side. scribing Witnesses.

2. A feed-box comprlslng a hollow shell, TILLIAM GODFREY HAAS p 5 and an open-top box pivoted thereto, said box having an inwardly-extending flange upon \Vitnesses:

. one of its inner sides which is nearest the PATRICK SMITH,

i point at which the box is pivoted to the shell. JOSEPH MoDERMo'rT. 

